Stalled cycle?

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Hi all! I have been attempting to cycle a 50 gallon tank. Fishless cycle. I did use water conditioner and have been adding ammonia (not fish food) and live nitrifying bacteria - I only added the bacteria once on day 1. The filter was not running until the NEXT day, so it’s possible that that is where I messed up. Also, I only had a single fake plant in there until day 5 when I added 50 lb sand and a few decorations for bacteria to be able to attach to. Did I bury bacteria by doing this? Sand took 3 days to settle (no water changes). My readings have been between 2.0 - 4.0 ppm ammonia, no nitrites whatsoever & I checked pH on day 10 (between 7.0 & 7.2). It’s now day 14 & still no nitrites. Am I being impatient? Did I mess up by having the filter off through conditioning? Did I kill bacteria by adding sand? Thanks for your help!!
 
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